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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ryan M. Nilsen, Sunrise, FL (US);
Thomas A. Murray, Plantation, FL (US);
Alessandro Perrotta, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 ;
Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, an antenna (,) includes an antenna cavity used for receiving a removable stylus (,). A retention feature such as a snap (,) helps retain the stylus (,) to the antenna (,) when not in use. In an alternate embodiment, the stylus (,) is an inlay to the outer wall of antenna (,). In still another embodiment of the invention, a removable antenna stylus (,) serves as an antenna when attached to radio (,) and as a stylus when removed from the radio (,).